Saturday, July 6, 2013

GOVERNMENT HELP

By Diane Forrest

After looking
at this poster the first thing that came to mind was the events that happened
in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and all the many stories that developed
from that crisis. I saw several clips
where there were many complaints that the government didn’t do enough for them
such as their new home they were provided with was not big or fancy enough,
their complimentary TV was too small, their clothes were not from the fashion
runways, and they were not able to eat steak every night.

I am not
opposed to temporary assistance during a specific time frame. Everyone needs help at one time or
another. I found myself in tough
circumstances at one time during my life.
My husband was fired from his job after he suffered his injury, I was
let go from my job at the hospital during a downsizing phase, and I had a small
child at home. I quickly found another
job, but the pay was significantly lower than my previous job. I went to the family assistance center to see
about getting some help, but the process was so humiliating, that I quickly
left. We made some changes at home, got
help from our families and I got a part time job on my days off.

The state
welfare program was designed to offer help to those during a 3-year time frame. This system has been abused to the extent
that not only do people use it indefinitely; they produce more children to
increase their income, and then teach their children how to get government help
too.

While riding by
our local welfare office I could not believe all the nice new cars that were
parked outside. I had read an article
about an emergency room Doctor who had a patient wearing expensive clothes,
gold chains taking on his iPhone, but expecting free medical treatment through Medicaid. These are the things that infuriate most of
us, and the reason why our country is in such bad financial shape.

Every afternoon
I go to my father's house and watch Judge Judy with him. In over half of the cases we see one of the
participants is receiving government assistance. In on particular case this woman was suing
the owner of a business school because she didn’t learn anything. Not only was
her education free, paid for by grants, but she wanted that money, which she
didn't earn, to be returned to her.
Judge Judy told her she didn’t work for her education, that she did, and
all other taxpayers did, and she wasn’t going to be paid twice because she
failed to learn.

I believe there
comes a time in your life when you have to stand on your own two feet (if you
are physically able) and take responsibility for your own self, and any
offspring you produce. If you can't
afford it, you can’t have it!! What are
your feelings? Leave us a comment below.